By Josiah Mpofu ZAMBIA is experiencing an ecological crisis, as it has been losing about 172,000 hectares of forest land, placing the country among the top in sub-Saharan Africa for deforestation rates. The situation has been worsened by activities such as charcoal production, illegal…
By Victor Chabinga In a world grappling with the far-reaching consequences of climate change, innovative solutions are not just desirable but imperative. Zambia, like many other nations, faces the daunting task of mitigating the effects of climate change on its environment, agriculture, and communities….
By Happy Mulolani A civil society organisation in the climate space has urged government and stakeholders to promote agroecology as a pathway to building resilience among farming communities to support a sustainable food system. FIAN Zambia Country Coordinator Vladimir Chilinya explained the need to…
By Happy Mulolani As Zambia grappled with the worst drought last year, various organisations scaled up interventions using digital tools to support communities in coping with the prevalent effects of climate change. Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) is one of the organisations…
By Jeff Kapembwa Zambia’s quest to remedy climate change effects through mitigation and adaptation has inched closer to realisation after its initiated legislations to transition into a low-carbon, resource efficient, resilient and socially inclusive economy by 2030. Zambia is one of the Least Developed…
By Jeff Kapembwa An estimated US$300 billion in climate financing will he ideal for developing countries to mitigate and adapt towards climate change effects in the next decade but affected countries should devise fool-proof plans to raise own resources to help cleanse the planet…
By Jeff Kapembwa An estimated US$300 billion in climate financing will he ideal for developing countries to mitigate and adapt towards climate change effects in the next decade but affected countries should devise fool-proof plans to raise own resources to help cleanse the planet…
By Jeff Kapembwa Climate change, reduced foreign aid are some of the turbulences likely to affect most families in Least developed and developing countries, Zambia included until 2027, a call for mitigatory measures and sustained strategic domestic resource mobilization plan, the World Bank projects….
By Stella Nyangulu Chilanga Member of Parliament, Sipho Hlazo has urged farmers to adopt climate-smart farming methods such as conservation farming, minimum tillage, crop rotation, and inter-cropping. Speaking during the Chilanga District Agricultural and Commercial Show in Chilanga district recently under the theme, “Adapting…
By Jeff Kapembwa Zambia, the European Union and the World Bank, three among some of the country’s cooperating partners, conferred in Lusaka over the need to harness growth sector developments they support, with all parties resolving to co-exist with the ‘vulnerable’ Southern African state….
